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They "weren't thinking stereotypes" but in the original cast the only woman in the group was the pink ranger as if that wasn't also a stereotype...
K, sure, gotcha.
This is what people mean when they call out implicit bias. I can believe that nobody in the writer's room explicitly said "Oh we should make the girl pink because girls like pink," but I can also believe someone made the girl pink because it "felt right" and nobody ever argued against it, and same with the black and yellow rangers. Having a diverse writer's room is a great way to prevent these implicit biases from getting passed on, but I'd honestly be surprised if Mighty Morphin Power Rangers had more than like, one white dude working on the entire story.
An example that could have come right out of a psychology textbook. Well done.
This works more for the yellow ranger. The pink ranger is clearly female in the original Japanese version - she has breasts and her uniform has a skirt. But the original Japanese yellow ranger was male: no breasts, no skirt. The US execs probably wanted 2 female rangers, but they chose yellow over red, blue, or black as the most likely "girl" color.
Is {current_year} and the fascists dogs kid show still have the only female dog in pink.
I’m sorry, are you implying Paw Patrol is both sexist and fascist or am I missing some important context?
Paw Patrol is called fascist because of the way it champions the “thin line folks” AND pushes a kinda LISTEN TO THE AUTHORITY message.
Plus there was that one episode where paw patrol deported the dad from bluey and disappeared their neighbor.
Yes.
The Asian yellow ranger would like a word with you.
You know, you're right. I had this weird false memory of there originally only being three of them and that the yellow, green, and black rangers came later. I just checked Wikipedia, and she was for sure in the first episode.
When you're the asian girl your defining characteristic is "asian", and when you're the white girl your defining characteristic is "girl".
You're probably remembering the 2nd generation of the Mighty Morphin Rangers era, the one with the Thunderzords. Some of the cast got fired (yellow, black, red Rangers) and get new recruits that take their place. The pink ranger later quits and gets replaced too
Yellow ranger was a dude in the original Japanese footage. That's why in the fights he didn't wear a skirt like the pink ranger.
They tormented the one gay cast member into quitting, too. Can't forget that part.
Yep, the old blue ranger, David Yost.
That was one of the worst revelations. I feel so bad for how he was treated. Blue ranger was one of my favorite characters in the show too.
I met him at a convention. He was surprisingly short (edit: google says he's 5'8. I find it hard to believe, I remember being surprised at his height. I felt he was at least 8 inches shorter than me at 6ft). Me and my buds asked him why he didn't continue with power rangers and he said he wasn't a fan of the violence and wanted to do less violent things. This was before I had found out about the homophobia. I wonder if he was being genuine about his stated reason.
The bullying was violence.
Gatchaman and Voltron checking in with their single female representation. It was...not uncommon in Japanese team shows to have a pink member of a team that was also the only girl.